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. >> we had a good night last night but so did governor romney. that's why we have to start anew here. we have to win here in kansas and win big! >> woodruff: leaders of a super pac supporting santorum-- the red, white and blue fund-- called for gingrich to quit the race, and give santorum a clear shot at romney. but gingrich made clear he has no intention of doing so, as he campaigned in alabama, which has its primary next tuesday. >> we are staying in this race because i believe that it's going to be impossible for a moderate to win a general election. and i believe-- we tried it in 1996 and it didn't work. we tried it in 2008 and it didn't work. >> woodruff: the republican field will also hunt for delegates in mississippi and hawaii next tuesdayand in illinois and louisiana, later this month. >> ifill: for more on what we saw on super tuesday and the path ahead for the republican candidates, we turn to susan page, washington bureau chief of "usa today," andrew kohut, president of the pew research center, and former kentucky secretary of state t
. >> we had a good night last night but so did governor romney. that's why we have to start anew here. we have to win here in kansas and win big! >> woodruff: leaders of a super pac supporting santorum-- the red, white and blue fund-- called for gingrich to quit the race, and give santorum a clear shot at romney. but gingrich made clear he has no intention of doing so, as he campaigned in alabama, which has its primary next tuesday. >> we are staying in this race because i...
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that's a romney vote. that's barack obama's home town and you wonder, i've got to look whether or not it's an open primary but if democrats come out and vote for santorum just to vote for him. santorum should do well in pennsylvania but he will have struggle in new york. >> woodruff: because. >> it's a more urban, wealthier environment. even connecticut, you think a lot of connecticut, i don't know, people live there, that's suburban new york in some ways and that should be good for romney. >> woodruff: christina when we hear newt gingrich saying, in fact i heard him say in an interview view he said all four of us are going tush in the same place when we are -- going to be in the same place when we get to tampa. none of us will have the delegates to clinch the nomination, is he right about that. >> is he's partially right it's really all projections. because if you base what has happened and the voters romney has been able to win and percentage to win to collect these delegates. these are proportional stat
that's a romney vote. that's barack obama's home town and you wonder, i've got to look whether or not it's an open primary but if democrats come out and vote for santorum just to vote for him. santorum should do well in pennsylvania but he will have struggle in new york. >> woodruff: because. >> it's a more urban, wealthier environment. even connecticut, you think a lot of connecticut, i don't know, people live there, that's suburban new york in some ways and that should be good for...
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for him that's likely to be rick santum. >> romney to me is not... he doesn't seem like he's in touch with the middle class. he doesn't answer a lot of questions when it comes to the middle class or people who might be struggling. >> woodruff: it's a characterization the romney team bristles at. spokesman ryan williams. >> he's been around this country and seen people who are struggling, people who can't make ends meet because they don't have a job. it breaks his heart every time he has to see a family who can't make ends meet because they can't find work. so he is committed in this campaign to improving our economy and oviding the economic opportunity that working families will need to get back on their feet and get back in a steady job. >> woodruff: enthusiasm this primary season and in the general election will almost certainly come from ohio churches, like the vineyard community church in reynolds burg just east of columbus. here pastor dave dione has been barraged with questions from church members who say they want new national leadership on so
for him that's likely to be rick santum. >> romney to me is not... he doesn't seem like he's in touch with the middle class. he doesn't answer a lot of questions when it comes to the middle class or people who might be struggling. >> woodruff: it's a characterization the romney team bristles at. spokesman ryan williams. >> he's been around this country and seen people who are struggling, people who can't make ends meet because they don't have a job. it breaks his heart every...
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he leads mitt romney by double digits in recent polls. romney attacked president obama's health care overhaul. newt gingrich and ron paul also campaigned, hoping to keep their chances alive. the chief executive of m.f. global, former senator jon corzine, gave the order to transfer $200 million of clients' money just days before the firm collapsed. that's according to a congressional memo released today by investigators trying to track $1.6 billion of missing customer funds. it included an email sent by a firm executive stating the money transfer was "per j.c.'s instructions" to cover an overdraft. last december, corzine testified before lawmakers that he did not know where any of the money went. on wall street, stocks eked out small gains today. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 34 points to close above 13,080 points. the nasdaq rose more than four points to close at 3,068. for the week, the dow lost more than 1%; the nasdaq rose four tenths of a percent. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woo
he leads mitt romney by double digits in recent polls. romney attacked president obama's health care overhaul. newt gingrich and ron paul also campaigned, hoping to keep their chances alive. the chief executive of m.f. global, former senator jon corzine, gave the order to transfer $200 million of clients' money just days before the firm collapsed. that's according to a congressional memo released today by investigators trying to track $1.6 billion of missing customer funds. it included an email...
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and deserves romney's attention. and that is romney has beaten rick santorum in both michigan and ohio but outspending him at a minimum of four to one. and gingrich points out you're not going to have that kind of luxury advantage against barack obama in the fall. this is a weakness of governor romney's came pachblt he just can't go in and outspend and just dominate the airwaves that way. so i think that an store u up-- santorum is pushing hard. and understandably to win one of those two states. and if he does-- . >> woodruff: mississippi or alabama, tuesday. >> tuesday, and if he does, i think makes it tough for gingrich to go forward. he is in a position, one-on-one with romney to be at least competitive. and i think most measures of-- we get at least a majority of gingrich's vote. and romney would not. >> but it didn't look like either one of them is going to get out time soon. >> there are a lot of conservatives holding fire on gingrich who are back saying okay, he deserves next tuesday. but if he loses one of th
and deserves romney's attention. and that is romney has beaten rick santorum in both michigan and ohio but outspending him at a minimum of four to one. and gingrich points out you're not going to have that kind of luxury advantage against barack obama in the fall. this is a weakness of governor romney's came pachblt he just can't go in and outspend and just dominate the airwaves that way. so i think that an store u up-- santorum is pushing hard. and understandably to win one of those two...
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what have they been saying about the mitt romney health care plan? >> it's been the issue upon which to make the case, argue the case that mitt romney is not the person to litigate health care against barack obama in the general election. both newt gingrich and rick santorum had the clip a moment ago, illustrated with santorum on capitol hill has been hammering governor romney on the issue, day after day after day. >> woodruff: meanwhile, move over to the white house and you've been covering the obama white house the last few days, how concerned are you after hearing the supreme court arguments. what are they saying? >> they're not saying. it's very clear that they're executing a concerted strategy not to get in the middle of this so their response is we believe the bill... the law is constitutional, we are going to continue to move toward implementation. you heard press secretary jay carney say that today. youer that say message out of campaign headquarters in chicago. they're on t.v. saying the exact same thing. they don't want to get into the midd
what have they been saying about the mitt romney health care plan? >> it's been the issue upon which to make the case, argue the case that mitt romney is not the person to litigate health care against barack obama in the general election. both newt gingrich and rick santorum had the clip a moment ago, illustrated with santorum on capitol hill has been hammering governor romney on the issue, day after day after day. >> woodruff: meanwhile, move over to the white house and you've been...
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romney still has an advantage here. he's been amassing these delegates in all of these contests as we've gone along. it's important because the other candidates are going to say he can't win there but it's not necessarily the numbers prize. >> ifill: do you read it the same way? >> yeah, i do. look, the south is important. for the republicans, for the nomination, and in the general election having said that michigan and ohio and new york and california is important. a lot of delegates around the country. basing your strategy as a former speaker did at one point at least and maybe santorum as well on a southern strategy, i think it exaggerates in the republican contest it exaggerates the region where you have to play everywhere. that's the advantage mitt romney has had. he's playing everywhere. >> ifill: stu rothenberg, christina bellantoni, we will be talking about this all night. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> woodruff: now a quick look >> woodruff: now a quick look at how you can follow our election coverage at any ho
romney still has an advantage here. he's been amassing these delegates in all of these contests as we've gone along. it's important because the other candidates are going to say he can't win there but it's not necessarily the numbers prize. >> ifill: do you read it the same way? >> yeah, i do. look, the south is important. for the republicans, for the nomination, and in the general election having said that michigan and ohio and new york and california is important. a lot of...
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. >> ifill: older voters has been what's happened with romney. >> romney has been doing very well with older voters and upscale voters, that's his niche. kind of the establishment conservative. romney gets conservatives but didn't get conservatives who are combative, driven by ideology and confrontational. he gets conservatives who see the system as complicated. they're conservative but they understand they won't win every battle. >>. >> ifill: as he said on the night of the michigan primary, i've won just enough and winning is what really counts. >> woodruff: how a quick look at how you can follow our election coverage at any hour day or night on your desktop, laptop or mobile device. we hope you'll join our super tuesday watch party online. we will live stream all of our broadcast programming tonight, including our late night special. our on-line stream will also include live results data from all the states in play this day. throughout this political year, you can explore our map center. here you can view the results of every primary and caucus from tonight and this entire election
. >> ifill: older voters has been what's happened with romney. >> romney has been doing very well with older voters and upscale voters, that's his niche. kind of the establishment conservative. romney gets conservatives but didn't get conservatives who are combative, driven by ideology and confrontational. he gets conservatives who see the system as complicated. they're conservative but they understand they won't win every battle. >>. >> ifill: as he said on the night of...
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that mitt romney got one and rick santorum got the other. and that's what we see in several other states. >> ifill: christina, we heard newt gingrich say today "georgia, if you give me your votes, i'll have the most delegates on supertuesday." we heard ron paul say "hey, we're still counting debt ghats." assuming that's how these candidates are now plotting their strategy about where to do go? >> that's exactly what they're doing and the gingrich folks have a lot riding on georgia. they think he'll do well in the south, they'll think he can win over these conservative voters. they've compared it to a lot to south carolina which was his last real victory, his only victory. they basically see if he can take a big number in georgia he might do winner take-all and have a huge delegate prize there. the santorum people feel say they feel confident in georgia. they think they can keep him under that 50%, gingrich, and get a bunch of delegates there. then they're looking at tennessee and oklahoma. these states they really think they can amass delega
that mitt romney got one and rick santorum got the other. and that's what we see in several other states. >> ifill: christina, we heard newt gingrich say today "georgia, if you give me your votes, i'll have the most delegates on supertuesday." we heard ron paul say "hey, we're still counting debt ghats." assuming that's how these candidates are now plotting their strategy about where to do go? >> that's exactly what they're doing and the gingrich folks have a lot...
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one million irish seters against mitt romney. and here you have the dog on top of the ints dent that happened 30 years ago. >> it's been a great organizing tool. but there's also groups like mitt romney is a big government rhino. >> pelley: republican in name only. not an african large mammal. >> without the "h." >> and here's the negative newt web site on facebook, the page on facebook. no to newt gingrich and if you look at the little girl in the front she has a big yawn on her face they have a thousand followers. >> and there are less polite ones like "newt gingrich will you please shut up." so it's a way for people who are animated enough by politics that they don't like somebody who's running to share that and then when you turn to president obama there's one group that has the title i hate it when i wake up in the morning and barack obama is president but there's a group called nobama countdown. 226,000 people liked it and you can buy t-shirts and caps. >> it's commerce. and if you take this out of the realm of people who d
one million irish seters against mitt romney. and here you have the dog on top of the ints dent that happened 30 years ago. >> it's been a great organizing tool. but there's also groups like mitt romney is a big government rhino. >> pelley: republican in name only. not an african large mammal. >> without the "h." >> and here's the negative newt web site on facebook, the page on facebook. no to newt gingrich and if you look at the little girl in the front she...
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and romney was making a late run to try to score an unexpected southern victory. republicans in hawaii and american samoa were also voting today. wall street roared ahead today on improving economic news, and a rally in bank stocks. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 218 points to close at 13,177. the nasdaq rose 56 points to close near 3040. it was the first time the nasdaq has finished above 3,000 in more than eleven years. the fight over china's curbs on exporting rare earth metals heated up today. the metals are critical to everything from advanced batteries to hybrid cars, and china has been cutting its exports. the u.s., japan, and the european union filed a complaint today with the world trade organization. at the white house, president obama warned against trying to "skirt the rules" of international trade. >> being able to manufacture advanced batteries and hybrid cars in america is too important for us to stand by and do notng. we've got to take control of our energy future and we can't let that energy industry take root in some other country
and romney was making a late run to try to score an unexpected southern victory. republicans in hawaii and american samoa were also voting today. wall street roared ahead today on improving economic news, and a rally in bank stocks. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 218 points to close at 13,177. the nasdaq rose 56 points to close near 3040. it was the first time the nasdaq has finished above 3,000 in more than eleven years. the fight over china's curbs on exporting rare earth...
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in the presidential campaign, republican mitt romney picked up new support after winning the illinois primary on tuesday. he won the endorsement of former florida governor jeb bush, who urged republicans to unite. in arbutus, maryland, romney said he got the word just before starting his campaign day. >> my cell phone rang and i looked at it and it just said jeb on it. i picked up the phone and it was jeb bush. and i didn't even have to ask, he said, mitt, i want to let you know that i'm endorsing you today and that was good news. >> sreenivasan: at the same time, a senior aide of his generated new criticism that romney will shed his conservative positions once he has the nomination wrapped up. eric fehrnstrom told cnn: that drew fire from rick santorum, in mandeville, louisiana which holds its primary on saturday. >> they think they have this you have an opportunity here in louisiana to make a very clear statement. you're not looking for someone who is the etch-a-sketch candidate, you're looking for someone who writes what they believe in stone and stays true to what they say. >> sre
in the presidential campaign, republican mitt romney picked up new support after winning the illinois primary on tuesday. he won the endorsement of former florida governor jeb bush, who urged republicans to unite. in arbutus, maryland, romney said he got the word just before starting his campaign day. >> my cell phone rang and i looked at it and it just said jeb on it. i picked up the phone and it was jeb bush. and i didn't even have to ask, he said, mitt, i want to let you know that i'm...
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they urged the party to unite behind romney. but rick santorum insisted he had no plans to step aside after winning saturday's primary in louisiana. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to the international summit to reduce nuclear weapons and stop the spread of nuclear material. the venue as much as the agenda has set the tone as 50 world leaders gathered in seoul, south korea, just days before the summit began, north korea, which may have at least a half dozen nuclear weapons, announced a missile test. it insisted it was to launch a satellite. in response, president obama reinforceed a u.s. commitment to south korea. visiting the heavily fortified demilitarized zone with nearly 30,000 american troops stationed nearby. >> the contrast between south korea and north korea could not be clearer. could not be starker. >> woodruff: he chastised the government of kim jong un the new north korean leader at the joint news conference. >> north korea will achieve nothing but threats or by
they urged the party to unite behind romney. but rick santorum insisted he had no plans to step aside after winning saturday's primary in louisiana. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to the international summit to reduce nuclear weapons and stop the spread of nuclear material. the venue as much as the agenda has set the tone as 50 world leaders gathered in seoul, south korea, just days before the summit began, north korea, which may...
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. >> brown: former massachusetts governor mitt romney signed into law a bill similar to the one passed on the federal level. but he told an audience in wisconsin today that if the court does not strike down the affordable care act, he hopes to repeal it. >> if "obamacare" is allowed to stand, government will directly control almost half of the u.s. economy. government must have... it's got to be smaller. it has to have strict limits placed on its power. "obamacare" violates both of those principles, and if i'm president, i will repeal it. ( applause ) >> woodruff: and today the republican national committee was criticized for releasing a web video that manipulated audio of u.s. solicitor general donald verrilli. the video was edited so it would exaggerate stumbles he made while arguing tuesday for the government in favor of the healthcare law. >> because the, uh-- the, uh... excuse me. > woruffjoing us now is marcia coyle with the "national law journal." she covers the supreme court for the newshour and she was there for the arguments this week. and welcome back. >> thanks, judy. >> wo
. >> brown: former massachusetts governor mitt romney signed into law a bill similar to the one passed on the federal level. but he told an audience in wisconsin today that if the court does not strike down the affordable care act, he hopes to repeal it. >> if "obamacare" is allowed to stand, government will directly control almost half of the u.s. economy. government must have... it's got to be smaller. it has to have strict limits placed on its power....